Friday, October 9, 2015

How people in Japan are reacting as rugby fever takes hold

The Japan Samoa match had a 64% share of the TV audience.

Rugby - It's big in Japan.

Twenty-five million people in Japan watched the 26-5 victory for Eddie Jones and his team in Milton Keynes, eclipsing the previous record of 20.7 million held by France, when national broadcaster TF1 televised the first semi-final of Rugby World Cup 2007 between France and England in Paris.